KUALA LUMPUR: The statistics on the number of children who have been orphaned after losing their parents to Covid-19, will be one of the issues to be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today. According to the Order of the Meeting for today, the matter to be raised during the…
BUTTERWORTH, 17 Sept -- Sekumpulan nelayan berjaya menangkap seekor buaya tembaga seberat 500 kilogram dengan menggunakan pukat di kawasan Jeti Nelayan Bagan Ajam di sini hari ini. Ketua Polis Daerah Seberang Perai Utara (SPU) ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor yang mengesahkan kejadian berkata berdasarkan maklumat di terima, sekumpulan pemancing di Jeti…
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Sept -- Langkah kerajaan memperkenalkan amalan politik secara inklusif bersama pembangkang bagi mencari titik persefahaman, akan membawa lebih kebaikan kepada rakyat. Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Tan Sri Annuar Musa berkata landskap politik masa kini, menuntut semua pihak untuk menerima realiti kewujudan bersama bertepatan konsep Keluarga Malaysia. “Kalau dulu yang memerintah…
Kelab Surirumah dan Staf Wanita Universiti Malaysia Sabah (KESUMBA) mengadakan webinar bertajuk “Peranan Wanita di Era Pandemik Covid-19” sempena Hari Malaysia, kelmarin. Yang di-Pertua KESUMBA, Datin Dr. Amalina Abdullah berkata, program selama dua jam itu antara lain bertujuan untuk memperkasakan peranan wanita dalam cabaran pandemik Covid-19 melalui penghayatan erti kemerdekaan…
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Sept -- Semua pusat gimnasium, kecuali di negeri yang masih berada dalam Fasa Satu Pelan Pemulihan Negara (PPN), kini dibenarkan kembali beroperasi, namun terhad untuk penggunaan individu yang telah melengkapkan vaksinasi COVID-19. Perkara itu dinyatakan dalam kemas kini prosedur operasi standard (SOP) dikeluarkan Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) yang dimuat…
Kementerian Kesihatan hari ini melaporkan 17,577 kes kes baru Covid-19 menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan 2,067,327 kes. Kes di Lembah Klang terus menurun dengan Selangor mencatatkan 2,646 kes dan Kuala Lumpur pula 366 kes. Sarawak terus merekodkan kes harian tertinggi dengan 3,480 kes, diikuti dengan Selangor dan Johor 2,334 kes.ADS Walau bagaimanapun,…
Seramai 17,973,545 individu atau 55% populasi keseluruhan di negara ini telah lengkap menerima suntikan vaksin Covid-19 setakat semalam, menurut Jawatankuasa Khas Jaminan Akses Bekalan Vaksin Covid-19 (JKJAV). Melalui perkongsian infografik di laman Twitter rasminya hari ini, JKJAV memaklumkan seramai 21,783,871 individu atau 66.7% daripada populasi keseluruhan pula sudah mendapat sekurang-kurangnya…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) does not set any racial quota for the recruitment of soldiers, said Chief of Defence Forces General Affendi Buang. He said the notion that only a particular race was favoured was a misconception as the recruitment of armed forces personnel was subject to…
KUALA LUMPUR: Top Glove Corporation Bhd’s net profit jumped by 346% to RM7.87 billion in the financial year ended Aug 31, 2021 (FY21) from RM1.75 billion in the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the year also surged by 127% to RM16.40 billion from RM7.24 billion in FY20. In…
PETALING JAYA: A businessman has demanded an apology from Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman over allegations linking him to a “plot” to offer bribes to Bersatu members. Habibul Rahman Kadir Shah claimed that Syed Saddiq made the alleged defamatory statement against him at a press conference on Oct…
GEORGE TOWN: Traders and hawkers and open-air markets in Penang will be exempted from rent and permit fees until the end of the year to allow them to weather the effects of the pandemic. Executive councillor Jagdeep Singh Deo said the move will cost the state government RM5.1 million in…
PUTRAJAYA: Rain or shine, fire or flood, pandemic or not, former Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin’s appeal over a defamation suit filed in 2008 for insinuating that Anwar Ibrahim is a homosexual and a person of low morals will proceed this year. Court of Appeal judge Lee Swee Seng ,…
PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has urged elected representatives from the bloc to use their own money to help constituents struggling due to the pandemic instead of waiting for funds from the government. Anwar, who is PKR president, said the duty of politicians was not just to file motions,…
PETALING JAYA: A total of 17,973,545 or 55% of the total population have completed their Covid-19 vaccination yesterday, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV). In an infographic shared on its official Twitter page today, the committee said 21,783,871 or 66.7% of the total population have…
PETALING JAYA: The government must intensify its efforts to provide employment opportunities for university graduates so they do not take up lower skilled jobs, Shafie Apdal said. He said this “underemployment” deprives diploma and SPM holders, particularly from lower income groups, of semi-skilled and unskilled jobs as they have to…
PETALING JAYA: Painting has always been a passion for 51-year-old Lim Anuar as it helps him “speak” his mind on batik or walls about matters close to his heart – unity among Malaysians. What started as an attempt by the deaf-mute artist to fulfill requests from tourists for Malaysia-themed paintings…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Internet Exchange (MyIX) has welcomed former prime minister Najib Razak’s proposal that shares in Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) be sold to telecommunications companies. It would strengthen accountability and governance, said MyIX chairman Chiew Kok Hin. He told FMT that allowing stakeholders such as telcos to be more…
PETALING JAYA: A call for a minimum pay for chambering students has received discouraging response from several lawyers. One of the lawyers, R Kengadharan, said the Young Lawyers Movement should not have made the demand because the students were trainees and not employees and were therefore not entitled to minimum…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan, including DAP, will do its utmost to honour its commitment in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed with the government, says DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang. The Iskandar Puteri MP said, however, that there is no guarantee that the MoU signed between Prime Minister Ismail…
PETALING JAYA: For most people, “Bapa Malaysia” Tunku Abdul Rahman, is a fixture of history books, but for Sharifah Intan Syed Hussein, he is the warm, generous grandfather who would whisk her from school for short holidays around the country. For many, he is seen as a model statesman and…